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Two new covid vaccines secured: enough for every Kiwi

by Kip Brook - December 17, 2020 279

Wellington - The government has just secured two new covid vaccines. A total of 15 million vaccine courses have been pre-ordered to date. Vaccines will be free to the public and systems are on track to deliver the first vaccines to border workers in the second quarter of 2021, with vaccination of

Is New Zealand rugby’s condition asymptomatic?

by Kip Brook - November 19, 2020November 20, 2020 358

Christchurch - Without pontificating too much, there could be many reasons why New Zealand rugby’s customary success is waning if, in fact, it is. The pain of the first ever loss to Argentina in 44 years could be indicative of the whole structure and very fibre of the current set up,

Appeal for urgent quarantine facility inquiry

by Kip Brook - September 15, 2020 580

Auckland - Pharmaceutical scientist Sir Ray Avery is calling for an urgent independent commission of inquiry into the management of New Zealand’s covid quarantine facilities. This follows gaps in the Jet Park Hotel high security quarantine facility in Auckland where a covid infected nurse working at the hotel was allowed to attended

World famous game reserve suffers no covid poaching casualties

by Kip Brook - June 25, 2020June 25, 2020 1127

Durban - One of the world’s most famous game reserves, Thula Thula in South Africa, has survived the covid pandemic without any loss of wild animal to poaching. Francoise Malby-Anthony, who runs the game reserve, told Make Lemonade in an exclusive interview that she kept on all her anti-poaching staff throughout

New Kiwi cloud tool Movebot a huge game-changer

by Kip Brook - June 17, 2020 1043

Christchurch - A new Christchurch tech company has designed a New Zealand-first game-changing cloud migration tool, Movebot, which can shift massive amounts of data, a bit like moving a house or an office, safely and quickly. Movebot, was conceived during the covid-19 lockdown, helping businesses, organisations and people move their data to

Cutting-edge NZ contact tracing service for covid-19 alert level two

by Kip Brook - May 13, 2020May 13, 2020 3168

Auckland - A cutting-edge New Zealand software business is on the verge of making a major breakthrough in contact tracing as the country eases into covid-19 alert level two. Auckland company Rfider has created an alternative to contact tracing apps, using a QR code cloud-based system which removes the need for app

Virtual reality company taking off during the coronavirus pandemic

by Kip Brook - April 22, 2020April 23, 2020 962

Auckland - An Auckland virtual reality (VR) company is taking off during the coronavirus pandemic lockdown as young people seek to learn more from their smart technology, from home. VR Voom chief executive Peter Dong says there is no other company in New Zealand that is capable of offering what they can. “The lockdown

Kiwis should keep up physical activity during the coronavirus pandemic

by Kip Brook - March 18, 2020 645

Christchurch - One of the best things for Kiwis to do, to build up a strong immune system during the coronavirus pandemic, is to stay physically active, ExerciseNZ says. Kiwis should try and get a good night’s sleep, keep up healthy nutrition with lots of variety and manage stress, by resting, relaxing